Workplace Envy

by B. Vidaillet

Overview

Workplace envy can affect everyone. This book reveals that workplace envy is an omnipresent emotion in contemporary organizations. The factors that are likely to reinforce envy in the workplace are explored in depth, along with possible solutions to prevent envy from developing in such a way that it becomes harmful to an organization.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230205499
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	07/31/2008
Edition description:	2008
Pages:	183
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

BÉNÉDICT VIDAILLET is Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour at the Institute for Business Administration at the University of Lille, France. Her research focuses on irrationality in organizational decision making as well as on emotion at work.

Table of Contents

Introduction The complexity of envy The effects of envy on the organization Envy, desire and mimetism How management systems produce envy Envy and narcissism in contemporary organizations Identifying situations that might generate envy, so as to avoid emotionaltoxicity Healthier organizations Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

Winner (in French) of the Prix du Livre Ressources Humaines. This prize is awarded according to the novelty, topicality and originality of theme, clarity of scientific explanations, readability, educational quality, practicality, and completeness of analysis.

Reviews of the French edition (translated from French)

'a very original book on an essential issue never before discussed in the literature ( ). A book that every manager should have read.' - Roland Chabrier, organizer of the Prix du Livre Ressources Humaines

'a book chosen for its novelty, its clarity and its readability ( ) on a crucial topic' - Le Monde

'an outstanding mastery of the subject' - Impulser

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